Office of Community Engagement

Service-Learning Courses: Feature Stories

Engagement In Action: Service Learning Leads to More Opportunities

Posted by Kiersten Jensen
/ September 17, 2012 / Leave a comment

Tiffany Gandolfo is no stranger to community service. She has spent many hours as a volunteer and found kindred spirits in her service sorority, Gamma Sigma Sigma. However, before she came to the University of South Florida she had not had the opportunity to participate...
Introduction to Urban Studies and the Sulphur Springs Community: Five Years of Service-Learning

Posted by blamphere
/ December 19, 2011 / Leave a comment

Mentoring children. Assisting in the classroom. Tutoring kids with their homework after school. Sharing the joys of reading. Helping kids build a butterfly garden and plant flowers. Being a big brother or big sister. These were just some of the many rewarding experiences shared during...
WUSF University Beat Features 211 Hotline Service Course and Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

Posted by Lance Arney
/ December 13, 2011 / Leave a comment

University Beat, hosted by Mark Schreiner, is a radio and television program that focuses on research from the University of South Florida and how it benefits the Tampa Bay area, Florida, and the world around us. In November 2011, University Beat did a multimedia feature...
Lealmania! Students study the Lealman Community in Pinellas County

Posted by OCE-Admin
/ December 5, 2011 / Leave a comment

Lealman Park In the Fall 2011 semester, graduate students studying Politics, Policy and Planning were asked to turn their analytical skills to the community of Lealman, an unincorporated area of Pinellas County just north of St. Petersburg. A community of just over 20,000, Lealman has...
Service-Learning Feature Story: GPS/GIS Technology With Community Mapping

Posted by blamphere
/ November 28, 2011 / Leave a comment

Pedestrian Accessibility Enhanced by USF Student Research This summer, graduate students in the Geography and Urban and Regional Studies programs used GPS technologies and GIS programs to help the City of Temple Terrace Planning Department design a more pedestrian-friendly city. The students were led by Dr....